Review of All the Kind Strangers (1974) by Terence — 26 Aug 2008
A really good premise concerning creepy backwoods kids who kidnap travelers to be their parents that is marred by the fact that it is a 70s tv production. meaning no violence or gore and always a happy ending message at the end.
it does manage to generate some creepy tension and atmosphere in the beginning but fails to deliver. an obvious inspiration for Stephen King when writing Children of the Corn. of course it could coincedence.
ironically it was Tobe Hooper's tv movie adaptation of King's Salem's Lot that would break the barriers for gore and what could and what could not be shown on tv.
This review of All the Kind Strangers (1974) was written by Terence on 26 Aug 2008.
All the Kind Strangers has generally received mixed reviews.
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